Elizabeth Whitfield Croom Bellamy
Elizabeth (or Emily) Whitfield Croom Bellamy (pen name, Kamba Thorpe; 1837–1900) was an American novelist and essayist.
Elizabeth Whitfield Croom
Biography
Elizabeth (or Emily) Whitfield Croom Bellamy was born in Quincy, Florida, 17 April 1839. She was educated in Springer Institute, New York City. She taught in a female seminary in Eutaw, Alabama, for several years. Bellamy wrote under the pen-name "Kamba Thorpe"[1] (sometimes misspelled, "Kampa Thorpe") Four Oaks (New York, 1867), and Little Joanna (New York, 1876).[2] Additional works included Old Man Gilbert (1888) and The Luck of the Pendennings (1895, Ladies Home Journal).[3] She contributed essays to the Mobile Sunday Times.[4] Bellamy died in 1900.
References
Citations
- Carty 2015, p. 939.
- Willard 1893, pp. 73–74.
- Warner, Mabie & Warner 1897, p. 52.
- Tardy 1872, p. 251.
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Tardy, Mary T. (1872). The Living Female Writers of the South (Public domain ed.). Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger. p. 251.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) - This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Warner, Charles Dudley; Mabie, Hamilton Wright; Warner, Charles Henry (1897). A Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern: Dictionary of authors (Public domain ed.). International Society.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Willard, Frances Elizabeth (1893). A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life (Public domain ed.). Moulton. p. 73.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Bibliography
- Carty, T.J. (3 December 2015). A Dictionary of Literary Pseudonyms in the English Language. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-135-95585-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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